“In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined.” PoliticalLiteratureHistoryMankindIntertwinedPolitical History Author:Leopold von Ranke
“You have reckoned that history ought to judge the past and to instruct the contemporary world as to the future. The present attempt does not yield to that high office. It will merely tell how it really was.” WorldDoePastHistoryJudgingOughtOfficeContemporaryYield Author:Leopold von Ranke
“It is striking how history, when resting on the memory of men, always touches the bounds of mythology.” MenMemoriesHistoryBoundsMythology Book:The ecclesiastical and political history of the popes of Rome during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Source: The ecclesiastical and political history of the popes of Rome during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
